Dantas’ Inferno: Will Condoleezza Save Daniel From The Lion’s Den?

In IstoÉ Dinheiro this weekend, in Leonardo Attuch’s column, there is a weird note saying that Phil Korologos, Dantas’ New York lawyer, “submitted a formal complaint on 15 September to U.S. Secty of State Condoleezza Rice, alleging he was bugged.”
Samuel Possebom, an editor at the Brazilian telecoms trade weekly TeleTime, writes to Luis Nassif about [...]

Dantas’ Inferno: “Nélio Machado Is a Mob Lawyer!”

Chefe da policia
Pelo telefone
Manda me avisar
Que na Carioca
Há uma roleta
Para se jogar
–Donga
Paulo Henrique Amorim, the TV Record interviewer and acid-tongued political blogger — too acid for my taste — provides some interesting (if true) biographical background on Nélio Machado, chief defense counsel for Opportunity founding partner Daniel Dantas.
Amorim claims Machado is a long-time mob lawyer. [...]

How a Reporter Covering Police Corruption Was Framed for Murder by Corrupt Police … and TV Globo

A report aired by TV Globo’s Fantástico on January 21, 2001 and conveying [only] the police version of events was exhibited during the trial as “evidence of the crime,” according to court transcripts, but the journalist’s attorney, Marcelo Leonardo, refuted the theory of homicide, proving that the revolver was planted at the scene to incriminate [...]

Dantas’ Inferno: “Lula Told Me To Probe The Opportunist”

Daniel Valente Dantas. Graphic: Veja magazine, May 2006, when it reported: “Daniel Dantas has a list that may show illegal offshore bank accounts controlled by the president and party bigwigs.” Veja had plenty of evidence that “almost certainly does not” was the word to use instead of “may.” Ecce Veja.

Planalto mandou investigar Dantas, afirma Protógenes: [...]

Sambodian Elections: “Globo Lobbies for State of Exception”

Comunique-se reports: TV Globo cancels mayoral debates in four Brazilian state capitals, including the anchor franchises of the Sambodia-Hobbesian Rio Corridor.
Brazilian election law requires broadcasters to offer space to all candidates of parties with representation in the local legislature.
Globo tried to convince candidates polling low numbers to drop out.
Those candidates told Globo to drop dead.
Globo [...]